The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-01

is an orange tree covered with luscious
fruits. You will take one and say:
Are you thirstyp' Then Q beautiful
girl will appear and ask you for water.
Give her none, but take her in your
arms and run towards the gate. When
you will have passed 1t she will be
thirsty no longer. She 10 the woman
who shall become your brothers wife.
Her father, whose name is Touchme-
not is exceedingly ugly. He has q
head the size Of pumpkin, two green
eyes as large as a saucer, a neck like a
bull. He is seven foot tall, ferocious,
suspicious, malicious and cruel. You
know your man now. What do you
intend to doP'
eff you will show me the road to that
garden" answered Luidgi, 81 will go,
take the orange and bring wife to my
brother"
"You are brave SOUL" replied the
old man. Tomorrow morning will
accompany you to the place where the
girl is detained"
So the next day they went to the gar
den, and the hermit had already leg
over the wall, when all of a sudden
Touchmenot, who was watching the
pair, seized the trespasser and ran to-
wards his house, holding the holy man
fast. Arriving in his kitchen the brute
put him in bag, whose mouth he tied
with strong rope, and threw it under a
table. This done he returned to see if
he could not catch the Corsican also,
but Luidgi had vanished, and seeing no
body lettering around he went TO the
forest to cut branch of tree, with
which he intended to beat the hermit
to death.
1t is a well-known fact that never
Corsican deserts friend in trouble. 1t
is equally true that never he deserts an
enemy to whom he returns tooth for
tooth and eye for eye; Gou can not
blame him for that, as it is due to his
generous nature), so Luidgi watched
the goings and doings of Touchmenot,
and when he saw the ogre leaving the
house he fastened to the hermit's res
cue He climbed an olive tree, and
from there he jumped into a room
whose windows were open; his compan-
ion was not in that room; he visited
successfully all the others without find
ing his man; finally he arrived in the
kitchen calling: Father! Father! Are
you hereP" A voice answered: Eyes, l
am in that big bag under the table!
Take me out for Gods sake" Luidgi
drew the bag, united it and the hermit
emerged from his uncomfortable abode.
''Let us run as fast as our legs can
carry usr' said he to his savior. 81
am all trembling with fear" added he.
"Wait a moment, father. l must
play trick on that brigand." And
Luidgi began to gather all the china
ware of Touchmenot, which he put in
the bag, together with two bottles of
wine and the ogre's dog; when that
was done he tied up the bag and re-
placed it under the table, and the Cor
sican, with his friend, hid themselves
to see what Touchmenot would do.
When the fellow returned he closed
the door, as he did not want to be dis
turbed in his work; he removed his
coat, tucked up his shirtsleeves.
dragged out the bag and took the stick
that he had cut in the forest "IIow
do you do in your canvas, you old
scoundrelP" said he, ironically Che
thought the hermit was still in the
bag). "Ah! you do not answer, you
would-be child stealer. Very well.
take thatr' and he discharged violent
blow on the bag, thus breaking quite
number of costly plates and saucers.
''How your bones are cracking, old
hypocriter' and another blow that
smashed the two bottles of wine was
given to the bag; the claret poured out
and Redeemed the floor. Touchmenot
redoubled his blows and cried: "Do
you see how much blood that aged
thief had in his veins?" and another
stroke that he gave with all his might
was followed by fearful bowling;
the ogre had killed the dog. What!
you have lost so much blood and yet
you have the strength to howl like
that! Catch that, and that, and thatT'
Furiously he struck the bag again and
again. When he thought the hermit
dead. he opened the bag and saw his
crockery all broken and his dog
pounded to jelly. He was so fright
ened that he made clean jump through
the window, fell in the yard and broke
his neck.
When Luidgi saw that the ogre was
dead he and the hermit left their hid
ing-place and went into the garden.
The Corsican took an orange and said:
"Are you thirstyP" and 10! most
beautiful girl, all naturally and per-
fectly rose and white, stood before him
ocE;pc- for uafar He took har IN his